Rapper Kanye West, who announced in July he was running for president as an independent, will not appear on the ballots of Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Montana.
A quick search of the last few years of student protests will throw up a common theme of dampened dissent, active slander, and disenfranchisement of students as political stakeholders in the world they live in.
For a superstar who seems to be so busy counting his Twitter followers, he appears chronically unable to stand up and be counted when it comes to the burning moral issues of the day.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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